Faculty

Stephen W. Barthold, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Director, Center for Comparative Medicine
Professor of Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Professor of Medical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
University of California, Davis
County Rd. 98 & Hutchison Dr.
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (530) 752-7913
Email:swbarthold@ucdavis.edu

Dr. Stephen W. Barthold serves as the director of the Center for Comparative Medicine and a professor of pathology with the joint appointment in the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and School of Medicine.

Dr. Barthold is a veterinary pathologist with expertise in experimental pathology of infectious disease, and pathology of laboratory mice. His laboratory is engaged in research on host-agent interactions during the course of persistent infections with Borrelia burgdorferi (the agent of Lyme disease), Bartonella henselae (the agent of cat scratch fever), and enteric Helicobacters. His group utilizes mouse models and a multidisciplinary approach to these complex problems, including molecular biology, microbiology, immunology and pathology.

Alexander Borowsky, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Pathology
University of California, Davis
County Rd. 98 & Hutchison Dr.
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (530) 754-8182
Email:adborowsky@ucdavis.edu

Dr. Borowsky is a Surgical Pathologist with expertise in Diagnostic Breast Pathology. His research training includes characterization of transgenic mouse models of prostate cancer and the molecular analysis of a fusion oncogene central to the pathogenesis of MALT lymphoma.

Robert D. Cardiff, M.D., Ph.D., Director

Distinguished Professor of Medical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
The Center for Comparative Medicine
University of California, Davis
County Rd. 98 and Hutchison Dr.
Davis CA, 95616
Phone: (530) 752-2726
Email:rdcardiff@ucdavis.edu

http://ctrgenpath.net

Dr. Cardiff is a medical and experimental pathologist with expertise in tumor biology and the comparative pathology of genetically engineered mice. He is the Director of the UC Davis Mouse Biology Program’s Mutant Mouse Pathology Laboratory, which is located in the CCM. Dr. Cardiff’s research involves the comparative pathology of genetically engineered mice that are used as models for human disease, particularly human cancer with an emphasis on human breast cancer.

Kent C. Lloyd, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Associate Dean for Veterinary Research and
Graduate Education Programs
Associate Professor of Veterinary Physiology and Cell Biology
University of California, Davis
County Rd. 98 & Hutchison Dr.
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (530) 752-2726
Email:kclloyd@ucdavis.edu

Dr. Lloyd is a research physiologist with expertise in targeted mutagenesis of the laboratory mouse. His primary research focuses on the physiology of enterogastric reflexes as a model for positive and negative feedback mechanisms and pathways operating between organs. Dr. Lloyd is also involved in the development of new means for preservation and resuscitation of genetically altered mice. Dr. Lloyd serves as the Associate Director of the UC Davis Mouse Biology Program, and leads or co-leads the Murine Molecular Constructs Laboratory, the Murine Targeted Genomics Laboratory, the Murine Genetic Analysis Laboratory, and the Murine Cryopreservation and Recovery Laboratory.

Katherine Wasson, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Diplomate, ACLAM
Associate Director, Mouse Biology Program
University of California, Davis
2795 2^nd Street, Suite 400
Davis, CA  95618
Phone: 530-757-3333
Fax: 530-757-3277
E-mail: kwasson@ucdavis.edu

Dr. Wasson is a board certified laboratory animal medicine veterinarian with scientific training in infectious diseases.  She oversees the day-to-day operation of the UC Davis Mouse Biology Program and also serves as Attending Veterinarian at UC Merced.  She is a guest lecturer in the veterinary medicine professional curriculum covering biology, diseases and treatment of small rodents and rabbits.